Bats of Wisconsin
Jennifer Redell, WDNR bat biologist, teaches about the importance of these amazing animals and unearths the mysteries of Wisconsin's bats. Learn about the effects of white-nose syndrome on Wisconsin’s bats and see how to encourage bats in your yard and neighborhood. Jennifer is accompanied by live bat ambassadors, including a fruit bat native to Africa!
This is a free, family-friendly presentation from the Wisconsin Bat Program, brought to you by the Prescott Public Library and the Great River Road Visitor & Learning Center.
Bundles, Pipes and Mounds: Exploring Nearby Indigenous Cultural Sites
College Scholar Deborah Williams shares the geographical and archeological importance of Plains Indian sites within a day’s drive from JCCC.
Bundles, Pipes and Mounds: Exploring Nearby Indigenous Cultural Sites
Before settlers came to the prairie, the Midwest was home to the Plains Indians, an overarching term for a multitude of tribes, including the Kansa, the Fox and the Kickapoo of northeast Kansas.
Williams will share with the audience three locations where they can discover a wealth of information about Plains Indians and their daily lives. One such place, the farthest away, is Pipestone, Minnesota.
The area is so named because of the local catlinite, a reddish metamorphic clay indigenous peoples used to create the bowl of pipes.
“It’s a soft material, easy to mold,” Williams says, “but very hard to get to.” Because the clay wasn’t easy to extract from the ground, pipes created from this clay were especially revered. To this day, only American Indian tribes are allowed to mine the catlinite, she said. Williams will have artifacts made from this material at her talk.
In addition to the Pipestone U.S. National Park and Monument, Williams will share details of:
Cahokia Mounds, Collinsville, Illinois. The Cahokia Mounds is a state historic site across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri. It was the once the site of the largest American Indian city north of Mexico. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Pawnee Indian Museum, Republic, Kansas. Just south of the Nebraska border and four hours from Overland Park, this museum is also a state historic site, sharing with visitors the remains of a Pawnee village that hit its peak population in the 1700s.
Her first-hand account of her visits will be related through the prism of Williams’ scholarly study in environmental science, anthropology, law and philosophy.
She is professor of biology and chair of environmental science at JCCC, where she teaches classes such as the Natural History of Kansas, Bioethics and Principles of Sustainability.
This presentation, the third of three, is part of the College Scholars program. The program showcases faculty excellence in research fields that go beyond the classroom to make scholarly contributions to knowledge within the professor's academic discipline.
For more information on this and other happenings at the college, visit
President George H.W. Bush funeral: Full ceremony from the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
Thousands are expected to honor the life and legacy of former President George H.W. Bush at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
President Trump has declared Wednesday a national day of mourning, as the nation remembers its 41st president. Mr. Bush has been lying in state since Monday in the Capitol.
Along with the current president and first lady, the Obamas, Carters and foreign dignitaries will be in attendance.
The ceremony begins at 11 a.m., and can be watched here.
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The Humane Economy by Wayne Pacelle
March 24, 2016 | In this talk, Wayne Pacelle explores the concept of a humane economy and his perspective on the economics of animal exploitation. He suggests a practical roadmap for how we can use the marketplace to promote the welfare of all living creatures. Pacelle is President and CEO of the Humane Society of the US.